"The grating clash of steel in fixing bayonets told its own story; the color rose in front; the whole line quivered for the start; the edge of the left wing rippled, swung, tossed among the rocks, straightening, changed shape from scimitar to sickle-shaped; and the bristling archers swooped down upon the serried hosts - down into the face of half a thousand!"

-Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain, July 2, 1863